Sunday, December 9, 2012

If you have not yet heard of 17-year-old Nikhil Goyal from
Woodbury, New York it is only a matter of time. Nikhil is the author of the
recently published One Size Does Not Fit
All: A Student’s Assessment of School and has been featured on just about
every news and media outlet available. The Washington Post calls him “
most likely to be the future Secretary of Education” and Dell has named him one
of the Top 100 World Changers in
2012.

I am thinking that by any standard, this is pretty amazing
for a high school senior.

Nikhil and I follow each other on Twitter. He actually
contacted me first by email when he realized that I was engaged in book chats
with parents. He was wondering if I might be interested in reading his book and
discussing it with students.

Nikhil Goyal is still in high school and is already creating
his own future. A quick check of his website nikhilgoyal.me/book and you
cannot help but be impressed with the multiple resources that he has amassed to
share his views on the education being received by the majority of students in
America.

When using any 21st Century Skills rubric he has
done the following:

Thinks critically and analyzes an issue of
interest to him and others

Explores available research

Identifies experts by using technology to help
him communicate and collaborate

Uses technology to expand his personal learning
network

Writes a book

Manages to get his book published

Markets his book

Draws significant attention to his work by
maximizing resources available to him

Today he tweeted:

There has never been a better time to be an innovator and dreamer in
America

What an exciting perspective amid all the talk of hopeless
prospects for the future! Carpe Diem!